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  • Silvertone 1448

    Student-model electric guitar family

    Electric guitar · United States

    An entry-level electric sold by Sears under the Silvertone name and built by Danelectro, famous for shipping in a carrying case with a built-in tube amplifier and speaker. It introduced countless American teenagers to electric guitar in the early 1960s.

  • Parker Fly Deluxe

    Flagship carbon-exoskeleton electric guitar

    Electric guitar · United States

    The flagship Parker Fly model, an ultralight electric guitar with a poplar body and neck sheathed in a carbon-glass exoskeleton and stainless steel frets. The Fly Deluxe pairs magnetic humbuckers with a blendable Fishman piezo system and Parker's flat vibrato; a 'refined' Deluxe was announced in 2003 for the line's tenth anniversary.

  • Oberheim OB-Xa

    Polyphonic analog synthesizer

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim OB-Xa, released in 1980, is a polyphonic analog synthesizer with two oscillators per voice and the ability to split and layer sounds. Powerful and aggressive, its sound is famous from records such as Van Halen's 'Jump' and many other 1980s productions.

  • Parker Fly

    Carbon-and-glass Fly series of electric guitars

    Electric guitar · United States

    The Parker Fly series, designed by luthier Ken Parker and built from 1993, is a family of ultralight electric guitars whose wooden body and neck are wrapped in a stiff carbon-glass exoskeleton. Flys combine a thin, resonant body with stainless steel frets, a Fishman piezo system blendable with magnetic pickups, and a flat-mount vibrato. The series spans models such as the Fly Deluxe, Fly Classic, Fly Mojo, Fly Supreme and Fly Artist.

  • Lexicon 480L

    Studio digital reverb processor

    Recording equipment · United States

    The Lexicon 480L is a digital reverb and effects processor introduced in 1986, comprising a mainframe unit and a remote LARC controller. It offers a wide range of reverb algorithms alongside chorus, pitch shift, and other spatial effects, and was adopted as a studio standard across film scoring, pop, and rock production. The 480L remained in production for many years and its reverb programs appear on numerous landmark recordings.

  • Eventide H3000

    Studio multi-effects processor

    Recording equipment · United States

    The Eventide H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer is a digital multi-effects processor introduced in 1987, offering pitch shifting, harmonizing, reverb, flanging, chorus, and other effects in a single 1U rackmount unit. It became a go-to studio effects processor during the late 1980s and 1990s for its unique-sounding pitch algorithms and versatile preset library. The H3000 is widely cited as influential on the sound of recordings from its era.

  • Technical line drawing of Rickenbacker 4001

    Rickenbacker 4001

    Electric bass guitar

    Electric bass · United States

    Rickenbacker's classic electric bass, the 4001 features through-body neck construction and a bright, cutting tone with strong treble definition. It was played by influential bassists including Paul McCartney, Chris Squire, and Geddy Lee.

  • Parker Fly Mojo

    All-mahogany Parker Fly model

    Electric guitar · United States

    A Parker Fly model with a solid mahogany body and neck and Seymour Duncan humbuckers, giving more low-end weight and warmth than the standard Fly while keeping the carbon-glass exoskeleton, Fishman piezo and Parker vibrato.

  • Ensoniq EPS

    Performance sampling keyboard workstation

    Sampler · United States

    The Ensoniq EPS (Ensoniq Performance Sampler), released in 1988, is a polyphonic sampling keyboard with up to twelve to twenty voices depending on sample rate, a 61-note velocity- and aftertouch-sensitive keyboard, an onboard sequencer, and disk storage, designed as an affordable performance-oriented sampling workstation.

  • Ensoniq SQ-80

    Eight-voice digital/analog hybrid synthesizer

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Ensoniq SQ-80, produced from 1988 to 1989, is an eight-voice 'cross-wave' digital/analog hybrid synthesizer and successor to the ESQ-1. It edits digital waveforms through analog-style four-pole low-pass filters, adds an expanded waveform set and polyphonic aftertouch on its 61-note keyboard, and includes an onboard sequencer.

  • Ensoniq VFX

    Twenty-one-voice wavetable synthesizer workstation

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Ensoniq VFX, released in 1989, is a 21-voice digital synthesizer workstation using PPG-style wavetable synthesis with 109 selectable waveforms per patch. It features a 61-note polyphonic-aftertouch keyboard, a high-quality onboard effects processor, and (in the VFX-SD) an integrated sequencer and disk storage.

  • Ensoniq ASR-10

    Thirty-one-voice 16-bit sampling workstation

    Sampler · United States

    The Ensoniq ASR-10 (Advanced Sampling Recorder), produced from 1992 to 1998, is a 31-voice 16-bit sampling workstation that integrated sampling, resynthesis, onboard effects, and a sequencer into a single instrument. It shipped with a 61-note keyboard (88 weighted keys on the ASR-88) and became a favorite of hip-hop and electronic producers.

  • Oberheim Matrix-12

    Twelve-voice analog synthesizer with matrix modulation

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim Matrix-12, introduced in 1985, is a twelve-voice analog synthesizer with extensive digital modulation routing. Each voice provides two oscillators, a noise source, a fifteen-mode multimode filter, five envelopes, five LFOs, ramp and tracking generators, and a deep modulation matrix, on a 61-note keyboard. It is widely regarded as one of the most powerful analog polysynths ever built.

  • Oberheim Xpander

    Six-voice analog synthesizer module with matrix modulation

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim Xpander, introduced in 1984, is a six-voice rack-format analog synthesizer module and the architectural sibling of the Matrix-12. Each voice offers two oscillators, fifteen filter modes, five LFOs, five DADSR envelopes, ramp and tracking generators, and a flexible modulation matrix, making it a benchmark of analog synthesis flexibility in a keyboardless module.

  • Supro Belmont

    Single-pickup Res-O-Glas solid-body electric guitar

    Electric guitar · United States

    A single-pickup solid-body electric guitar from the American Valco-era brand Supro. Later examples used Valco's distinctive moulded 'Res-O-Glas' fibreglass body, giving the Belmont a light, resonant character and the mid-focused Supro tone prized by slide and blues players.

  • Supro Ozark

    Early single-pickup solid-body electric guitar

    Electric guitar · United States

    One of the first solid-body electric guitars from the American Valco-era brand Supro, dating to the early 1950s. A compact single-cutaway solidbody with a single pickup, the Ozark is famous as the model on which a teenage Jimi Hendrix is said to have started, and its midrange-forward voice suited slide playing.

  • Silvertone 1457

    Two-pickup 'amp-in-case' student electric guitar

    Electric guitar · United States

    A two-pickup version of Sears' famous 'amp-in-case' electric guitar set, sold under the Silvertone house brand and built by Danelectro. Introduced in 1964 to succeed the single-pickup 1448, it pairs a short-scale 18-fret slab body and twin lipstick pickups with a carrying case containing a built-in tube amplifier and speaker.

  • Silvertone 1478

    Harmony-built 'Silhouette' double-cutaway electric guitar

    Electric guitar · United States

    A double-cutaway solid-body electric guitar sold under Sears' Silvertone house brand and built by Harmony. Its 'Silhouette' body - also sold by Harmony as the Bobkat - and twin pickups made it a popular 1960s student and garage-rock guitar.

  • Oberheim OB-X

    Programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim OB-X, released in 1979, was Oberheim's first fully integrated programmable polyphonic synthesizer, available in four-, six-, or eight-voice configurations. It replaced the earlier stacked-SEM approach with internal discrete voice boards and patch memory, with two VCOs per voice and a discrete low-pass filter, and a 61-note keyboard.

  • Oberheim OB-8

    Eight-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim OB-8, launched in early 1983, is an eight-voice two-part multitimbral analog synthesizer and the last of the original OB-series polysynths. Each voice has two VCOs and switchable two- and four-pole filters, with a 61-note keyboard, arpeggiator, programmable LFO and envelope modulation, expanded 'Page 2' functions, and MIDI on later units.

  • Technical line drawing of E-mu SP-1200

    E-mu SP-1200

    Sampling drum machine

    Sampler · United States

    The E-mu SP-1200, released in 1987, is a sampling drum machine that combined 12-bit sampling with an analog filter and a sequencer. Its gritty, crunchy sound and short sampling time shaped hip-hop production and remain prized by beatmakers.

  • Oberheim Two Voice

    Two-voice analog synthesizer (TVS-1)

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim Two Voice (TVS-1), produced from 1975 to 1979, was Oberheim's first keyboard synthesizer: two SEM voice modules coupled to a 37-note keyboard and a simple two-channel analog sequencer. It offered two independently programmable voices, each with the SEM's twin VCOs and multimode filter, and is regarded as one of the first compact polyphonic performance synthesizers.

  • Oberheim SEM

    Semi-modular analog synthesizer voice module

    Synthesizer · United States

    The Oberheim SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module), introduced in 1974, was Oberheim's first product: a compact semi-modular single-voice analog synthesizer module with two VCOs and a distinctive two-pole multimode voltage-controlled filter offering low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and notch responses. Stacked SEMs formed the basis of the Two Voice, Four Voice, and Eight Voice instruments, and its filter character was later revived in the OB-X8.

  • E-mu Proteus/1

    Rackmount sample-based sound module

    Synthesizer module · United States

    The E-mu Proteus/1, introduced in 1989, is a 1U rackmount sound module that played back 16-bit ROM samples across 32-voice polyphony and 16-part multitimbrality. It drew on sounds derived from E-mu's EIII sampler library and became a widely used professional sound module for orchestral and pop production in the early 1990s.

  • Breedlove FF Mandolin

    US-made F-style mandolin (discontinued)

    Mandolin · United States

    The Breedlove FF is a US-made F-style mandolin from Breedlove's now-discontinued mandolin line, built with a carved spruce top and maple back and sides; Breedlove produced mandolins from the late 1990s before ending the line.